Contact: Venantius Tan, or one of the following London attorneys: Ed Lukins, Paul Claydon, or Kristian E. Wiggert

Morrison & Foerster is a leading capital markets law firm, advising issuers, agents and underwriters in a broad range of domestic and international private and public financings.  We have over 200 capital markets lawyers in 18 offices worldwide to handle capital markets transactions in the U.S., Asia, Europe, Latin America and Israel.  We are recognized for our expertise in handling multi-jurisdictional transactions and our ability to guide foreign private issuers and their underwriters through the regulatory landscape for foreign exchange listings.  We work on a wide variety of financings, including offerings of Eurodollar issues, global offerings, dual listings, and American Depositary Receipt/Share (ADR/ADS) programs.  

With respect to AIM transactions, our London-based capital markets attorneys have counselled issuers or investment banking firms in a wide range of equity and debt security offerings relating to either public or private issuers.  Our attorneys have extensive experience advising Chinese companies with their expansion into Europe and are able to provide seamless UK and Hong Kong legal advice to these companies. In particular, with their familiarity with the AIM listing rules, they can provide a clear and practical approach to the requirements of an AIM listing and can assist with the on-going obligations and the issues of compliance and corporate governance for Chinese companies which are AIM listed or are planning an AIM listing.